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JAMES T. CARSON, `OFf(nrRFlENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

Letters Patent No. 74,197, dated February Y11, 1858; anteclated January 6, 1 858.`

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To ALL'WHOM IT MAY coNeERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. CARSON, of Greensboro, in the coun ty of' Guilford` and State of orth Caro lina., have invented a new and improved Combination Belt-Punch; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled iii-the art .to make und use the same, reference being had to the accompanying dra\vings.`forming part of this specification.

- This invention' relates to a comhinutionof tools, which are especially adapted to'use in making and mending belts, in factories and other places where belts are used, and the invention consists in combining the common belt-punch with a knife, an awl, and a punch-head, as will be hereinafter described. v

Figure 1 represents the instrument complete, with the knife-blade read)r for use,'and the punch thrown back.

Figure 2 shows the knife-blade closed, and the punch ready for4 use, b`oth figures being side viers.

Figure 3 is an edge vien', showing the back of the knife-blade.

Similar letters of reference indicatelike parts. v

A represents the awl, which is oval vin shape, and tapering to a-'point, as Vseen in the figures.l The handle ofthe awl, which is marked B, is the part to which the other portions are attached. It is split or parted, something like a pocket-knife handle, as seen in ig.'3. C is the punch. D is`the" head of' the punch, the end of which forms a hammer-head. E is the knifeblade. The punch is screwed into the head, D, and different-sized punches may be fit-ted andfscrcwed into the same-socket. The head is drilled through to-the o'set a, for the discharge of the chips, the hole being seen in dotted lines in fig. 1. The head, D, has two ears, b b, by which it is attached to thc handled? of the atri, by a. pin, c. This pin is thepivot upon which the head turns, and also the one upon which the knife-blade turns. f is a spring, attached to the handle B, at d. 1t is double, as seen fig. 1. One portion is the spring for the kni`e-blade, and `the other portion acts upon the head, D, bearing against it, and holding it in place at ail times. This spring is plainly shown in figs. 1 and 2. i I The different partsland their combination are so plainly shown in the drawing, that further description is deemed unnecessary.

"Having thus described my invention, I clnimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination belt-punch, constructed as described, consisting of the awl A', having the "handle B split to receive the knife-blade E, the adjustable hammer D, carrying 4the punch C, with its ears, r11;"dtting over said handle, and pivotedthereto, the spring f, secured, at d, in the handle B, and operating the knife-blade and punch, substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

JAMES T. CARSON. Witnesses:

J. H. LINDSAY, Jr., JN0. O SULLIVAN. 

